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02.10.2009 21:21:41

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The feature that would make RB complete is IR transceiver support. Unfortunately there does not seem to be to many options out there for IR hardware that is affordable. Last night I found a $40 USB IR transceiver that can send and receive IR available from http://iguanaworks.net/.

They have GPL source to control the device and there is a free OS X control panel from another developer that that records IR codes from your remote and can IR blast them or listen for them and execute appelscript when it receives an IR code. It should work with RB through applescript, but native support for the IguanaWorks transceiver would be much faster and easier to set up.

I hope Felix will look at the hardware and source and consider adding it to RB. It would be really great!

I am going to order one and see how well it works with RB and applescript but I don't expect to volume control of my AV receiver to work very well. At least on/off should work. I always forget to turn it off. I already have RB set up to turn on/off my lights (insteon) when I launch/quit PLEX. I am going to add on/off for my AV receiver with one of these IR transceivers.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Configuration

How do I add a new action to a Behaviour - f.ex. an emulated key press or AppleScript? (FAQ015E0153)
1) Open the Remote Buddy Preferences via the pulldown-menu and choose "Mapping".
2) Choose the mapping you want to modify.
3) Select "Custom actions" for the button you want to map to an action of your own.
4) Create the action you need using the appearing editor.

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

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